Skylanders – the toy-based game franchise from developer Toys For Bob and publisher Activision has amassed a whopping $500 million in US sales since the original game Spyro’s Adventure launched in 2011.

Activision has announced Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure was the number one, best-selling console and handheld video game title between January and April 30, 2012 worldwide based on revenue inclusive of toys and accessories, according to NPD Group, GfK, Charttrack and Activision internal estimates. The game was released in October.

Activision’s launched two new characters for Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, as well as a new content pack called Empire of Ice. The new characters introduced are Cynder and Double Trouble. Cynder is a a dragon of the undead element whose “dark powers flow through her due to her difficult past,” although is said to be making […]

Activision’s lifted the veil on Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe, an MMO version of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. The title will introduce Skylands players are able to customise, a way to introduce physical figures from Spyro’s Adventure into the world and mini-games that totally aren’t Angry Birds. There’s a trailer for it below the break via Joystiq, while […]

“We were looking for a new way to reinvigorate [the series] and [our developers] came to the table with this idea of bringing physical toys to the game, and that got everyone’s imaginations firing. It took what was a smallish, moderately ambitious project and turned it into a larger one.” – Activision Publishing CEO Eric […]

Toys “R” Us has released its annual Holiday Hot Toy List for 2011, and out of the 36 items that will the most popular this season and have parents getting in fist fights over, the only video game to make the list was Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure.

Activision has announced Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure will will be “first-ever cross-platform gameplay experience” across 3DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, and a variety of mobile devices as well as through the web.